Cadwallon: City of Thieves

Four thieves, locked chests and rival gangs: grab the loot and get it home before somebody takes it from you.

Designers: Laurent Pouchain, Pascal Bernard
Published by: Dust Games
Editions by: Fantasy Flight Games, Edge Entertainment, Stratelibri, Truant Spiele, Hazgaard Editions

Get rich or die trying. You are the leader of a tiny gang of four thieves in the fantasy city of Cadwallon, sent out at night to relieve fat merchants of a portion of their excess wealth. Locked chests are scattered across the board, and your job is to haul away the biggest loot. Militiamen patrol the streets, but they are not your biggest problem: the other gangs are working the same district tonight, and nobody here plays nice. Pick up and deliver loot, spend action points to move and fight, and roll dice when blades come out. A 2010 miniatures game for two to four, around forty-five minutes.

Gang of four thieves with special abilitiesLoot, chests and carrying treasure homeMilitiamen and rival gangs on the streets

Who it's for

You like skirmish games with painted-miniature flavor, quick turns and a bit of ruthless interaction.

Not for you if…

You want cooperation or deep long-term planning. Dice and rivals will upset careful plans.

Vibe's take

Fast, cunning and nasty. Every action point matters, a chest in reach is a chest everyone sees, and there is little friendship in the alleys.